Chapter 150

"Take a look at this," Seeing Pei Ye handed over the notebook in his hand, "It's not 'useless' as you said."

Li Piaoqing stood to the side, wiping that beautiful "Lost Green Sword" with fine silk. She had accepted more sparring sessions just now, and a layer of crystal-clear thin sweat had appeared on her forehead.

The young girl sheathed her sword and took the booklet. As she read, her willow eyebrows gradually furrowed.

"Your senior brother and this head escort met in the Weiyuan Escort Agency, which is just a wall away," Seeing Pei Ye said.

"Hmm."

"Is it a bit coincidental?"

"... The reason my senior brother met Head Escort Zhao was because he was at the Changdao Martial Arts Hall at the time. The spring competition was approaching, and the Longmen Class was opening."

"Didn't your senior brother already win the championship in the winter competition? Why did he still need to participate in the Longmen Class?"

"No, why would disciples of the three sects participate in the Longmen Class?" Li Piaoqing laughed, "He was doing what I'm doing now."

"... Oh, then, in the last two days, your senior brother felt someone spying. This should be the trace left by the murderer," Seeing Pei Ye said with a frown, "This line can be traced."

Li Piaoqing was silent for a moment: "My senior brother doesn't hide his whereabouts, and he has been coming to the martial arts hall to do this for several years... Anyone who wants to plot something can come here to observe him first."

"..."

"Alright, Young Hero Pei, thank you for putting in so much effort," the young girl smiled, "Actually, this case is difficult if you say it's difficult—it's been more than half a year, and except for these two records, nothing else was left behind. It's almost impossible to deduce the real murderer; but it's simple if you say it's simple—my senior brother, and even the Cuiyu Sword Sect, has only had one enemy for the past ten years... The answer is written on the riddle itself."

"Since that's the case, why is Miss Li still searching for these materials—" As soon as these words were spoken, Seeing Pei Ye himself was stunned first.

Yes, this case has been over for half a year. The young girl must have already pursed her lips and shed tears, using all her strength to search for every trace at that time.

Even if this case file in the government office was missed at the time, why not get it from Officer Bai half a month or a month later, but wait until today, half a year later, to think of looking at it?

—Because there was no need at that time.

"The answer is written on the riddle itself." When the pain temporarily receded, the young girl already clearly knew who her enemy was, and she also knew that this prefecture government case file wouldn't provide anything new.

Then, why start searching again now?

Because

She is uneasy.

Seeing Pei Ye raised his head and looked at the young girl in front of him.

Before a person executes an important plan, they will certainly repeatedly check every step, sparing no effort to verify information they didn't care much about before, worried that some unforeseen factor will cause devastating damage to their plan.

"Miss Li," Seeing Pei Ye said solemnly, "What are you going to do?"

"..." Li Piaoqing looked at him in a daze.

Seeing Pei Ye looked back without blinking.

"... Young Hero Pei, you are too sensitive," the young girl laughed, "I know this matter is inseparable from the Seven Serpents Cave. The reason I still want to search for information is because I still want to know the exact name of the real murderer, and I want to see the cause and effect of my senior brother's murder again. And most importantly, the Cuiyu Sword Sect has signed documents with the Immortal Platform. If the evidence is complete, we can also apply for the Immortal Platform's assistance."

"Can it be complete?" Seeing Pei Ye asked calmly.

It couldn't be complete half a year ago, so do you expect to dig up any evidence now?

"..." The young girl smiled, drew her sword, and said, "Don't worry about so much, let's practice swords first."

Seeing Pei Ye sighed lightly and also took out his sword and stood up.

Two overly young swordsmen are still far from reaching that ceiling on the path of the sword. By verifying each other, they benefit a lot, and it is exactly the time when their progress is fast, but what blocks them from further progress is the progress of each other's sword learning.

Li Piaoqing hasn't learned the full "Yellow Jade," and Seeing Pei Ye hasn't finished learning the "Cicada-Sparrow Sword."

Therefore, conversations often came to an abrupt end. As the topic deepened, talking about swords turned into deduction and speculation. So after practicing for a whole morning, Seeing Pei Ye proposed to finish their respective sword techniques first.

And then he received the young girl's straight gaze.

"... I can't finish practicing, I won't finish before the martial competition," Li Piaoqing said in a muffled voice.

"It's okay, anyway, I can finish practicing in four days at most, and we'll communicate again on the fifth day," Seeing Pei Ye calculated the time he agreed upon with Zhang Junxue.

"... Alright."

So that afternoon, Seeing Pei Ye learned 【Eating Leaves】.

By the evening of the next day, 【Stiff Fall】 was also mastered.

Seeing Pei Ye originally intended to spend two more days on the remaining two moves of the Sparrow Sword, but it went much more smoothly than Seeing Pei Ye expected—by the end of the third day, he had already mastered the entire "Cicada-Sparrow Sword."

From the time spent practicing, it can be seen that the last two moves of the Sparrow section didn't bring him too many surprises.

The second move 【Pecking Tree Golden Beak】 and the third move 【Folding Branches in the Wind】 are both moves that are "the slower, the heavier." They are of the same lineage as 【Flying Copper Shadow】, completely from the hand of one person.

The connection between these two moves and the various flaws of the "Cicada section" is also very clever. Except for the fact that "it's not as powerful as 【Clear Sound】" is a bit strange, the three moves of the Sparrow section are indeed enough to take on the heavy responsibility of "predation."

Now that the Cicada-Sparrow Sword is all in hand, Seeing Pei Ye feels he can try to compete with Cheng Jiang Hong of that day. Of course, he would probably still be at a disadvantage, and by the time he reaches the Third Life, he would probably be at an advantage.

But he still lost to Zhang Junxue in this small competition, because firstly, the Cicada-Sparrow Sword hadn't been fully learned at the time, and secondly, even if it had been learned, to defeat this woman, 【Clear Sound】 was necessary. And if the woman used her second blade, then 【Clear Sound】 wouldn't work either; he would have to raise his cultivation.

Seeing Pei Ye hasn't reached the realm where he can control 【Clear Sound】 yet, and although his cultivation has passed more than half under the promotion of two Ascension Pills, to cross into the Third Life realm, he still needs to absorb a few more days of Liuli.

The woman rightfully took the ten taels of silver from the instructor's hand and held it tightly. Under the lamplight, her eyes were incomparably bright.

The progress in another aspect is that the black cat injected blood for him again. After this time, the organ-like thing in his dantian had already faintly shown a semi-spherical shape, and the tiny Chi shadow in his abdomen circled around it, as if waiting for its own nest.

Naturally, after this time, the weight of the black cat's true body dropped significantly again. Seeing Pei Ye wanted to see what it looked like at ten pounds, but only received a cold claw from the young Immortal Hunter.

And on the evening of the third day, a clear sword sound suddenly came from Li Piaoqing's courtyard, reaching the blue sky, with the lingering sound lasting for a long time.

The students of the martial arts hall were astonished, but Miss Li never appeared. Amidst the various opinions, a student from a previous session suddenly said hesitantly: "This, it seems to be the most powerful move in Young Master Bai's hand before."

So people were quiet for a moment.

—Heaven does not cut off the Cuiyu, the second genius who mastered the "Jade Collection" before the martial competition was born again.

(End of chapter)